Method for implementation of a magnetic resonance examination of a patient

US7145338B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Swen Campagna · Engelthal, DE
• Martin Harder · Koblenzer Straße, DE
• Peter Heubes · Baiersdorf, DE
• Rainer Kaim · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Stephan Kannengiesser · Erlangen, DE
• Berthold Kiefer · Erlangen, DE
• Cecile Mohr · Erlangen, DE
• Katrin Wohlfarth · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 2005
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2006
• Expiry date: May 11, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/56375
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method for implementation of a magnetic resonance examination of a patient with an imaging medical magnetic resonance apparatus with a movable patient bed, for of an examination volume of the patient that is larger than an acquisition volume of the magnetic resonance apparatus, anatomical patient information and second technical information for setting the magnetic resonance apparatus are acquired dependent on the position of the patient bed from magnetic resonance signals acquired in a low-resolution calibration measurement (scan). A first group of measurement protocol parameters is generated from the patient information and a second group of measurement protocol parameters is generated from the technical information, to generate a measurement protocol for a subsequent high-resolution magnetic resonance examination.